After earning her Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of Chicago, Dr. Deak joined the patent prosecution group of Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal. She joined the firm as a patent scientist; passed the patent bar and became a patent agent. Her practice included work with all stages of the patent lifecycle for biotech clients, and included work on medical diagnostic tests, agricultural products, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and industrial products. Dr. Deak performed patentability, due diligence, and freedom-to-operate analyses; and actively participated in the drafting and prosecution of both U.S. and international patent applications.
At Notre Dame, Dr. Deak is the Director of, and teaches in, both the on-campus MS in Patent Law, as well as in the online- and Chicago-based Certificates in Patent Prosecution.

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Concurrent Assistant Professor of LawDirector, Master of Science in Patent LawAssistant Professor of the Practice, Special Professional Faculty

Karen

Srmek

1329 Biolchini Hall

574.631.6626

lawadmit@nd.edu

Staff

Admissions

Senior Office Assistant

Kari

Gallagher

1100 Eck Hall of Law

574.631.6627

574.631.4197

Kari.A.Gallagher.58@nd.edu

Faculty

Adjunct

LAW75715, Deposition Skills

Assistant Adjunct Professor

Rebecca Ward

KGALLAG1

Kate

Mueller

945 Flanner Hall

574.631.6616

kate.mueller@nd.edu

Faculty

Concurrent

Concurrent Assistant Professor of Law

Rebecca Ward

KHUETTEM

Katelynn

McBride

1154 Eck Hall of Law

574.631.6917

574.631.4789

Katelynn.McBride@nd.edu

Staff

Katelynn graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 2010 and received her B.A. in political science and history from the University of San Diego in 2007.
Following law school, Katelynn participated in the Koch Associate program, serving as a legal fellow at the National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal Center. After her fellowship concluded, Katelynn practiced as a constitutional litigator at the Institute for Justice in Minneapolis. Her practice focused on economic liberty and property rights. Katelynn originally hails from Castle Rock, Colorado.

Career Development Office

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Assistant Director

Katherine

Singer

1100 Eck Hall of Law

574.631.6627

574.631.4197

Katherine.E.Singer.7@nd.edu

Faculty

Adjunct

Kate Singer joined the Notre Dame Law School as an assistant adjunct faculty member in 2000. She currently teaches in the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program and the Moot Court Trial class, and is also the co-coach of the Barristers and AAJ Trial Teams.
Kate graduated from Hope College with a B.A. in English. Her study included a year abroad at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Before attending Notre Dame Law School, she worked for two years at the Wilson Inn Residence in Richmond, Virginia. The Wilson Inn was a church based agency serving women in transition from various life traumas. She briefly served as the agency’s acting director.
While at Notre Dame Law School, Kate worked as an intern at the Notre Dame Legal Aid Clinic, and was a member of the Barristers Trial Team for two years. She graduated in 1997, receiving the Dean David T. Link Award for Social Justice; the Edward F. Barrett Award for Outstanding Achievement in Trial Advocacy; the Arthur May Award for Trial Advocacy; and the Dean Konop Legal Aid Award.
After graduating, she worked as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for St. Joseph County from 1998 to 2002 focusing on Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Sexual Assault cases. From 2002 to 2004, she continued her work with domestic violence survivors serving as the Legal Advocate at the Y.W.C.A. of St. Joseph County.
When she is not teaching at Notre Dame, she runs a not-for-profit enterprise called Motherhood.

LAW75747, Moot Court Trial
LAW75710, Intensive Trial Advocacy

Adjunct Faculty

Rebecca Ward

KSINGER

Kathleen

Rice

Faculty

Adjunct

Kathleen Rice is a Counsel with Faegre Baker Daniels LLP in South Bend, Indiana, and a Senior Director with FaegreBD Consulting in Washington, DC. She provides strategic legal counsel to corporate and government entities on issues relating to data privacy, cybersecurity, risk management, and compliance with federal laws and regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Kathleen previously served as Counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. She also served as an Assistant General Counsel in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Security Law Branch, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida. Kathleen is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Notre Dame Law School.

Adjunct Faculty

Kenneth

Adams

Faculty

Adjunct

Ken Adams is a speaker and consultant on contract drafting. According to the Canadian periodical The Lawyers Weekly, “In the world of contract drafting, Ken Adams is the guru.”
Ken is author of A Manual of Style for Contract Drafting (ABA 3d ed. 2013), a groundbreaking book that’s in widespread use internationally. He’s also author of The Structure of M&amp;A Contracts (West LegalEdcenter 2011). Go here for his articles and go here for his blog, Adams on Contract Drafting. The ABA Journal included Ken’s blog in its 2013, 2012, 2010, and 2009 “Blawg 100”—its list of the hundred best law blogs.
Ken conducts public and in-house seminars throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. And through his relationship with ContractExpress, the leading document-assembly software, Ken is a pioneer in online contract automation.
As part of its “Legal Rebels” project, in September 2009 the ABA Journal named Ken one of its initial group of fifty leading innovators in the legal profession. And in 2014, the Legal Writing Institute awarded Ken its 2014 Golden Pen Award, “to recognize his exemplary work in contract drafting.”
A U.S. citizen, Ken was raised in Africa and Europe; he received all of his secondary and college education in England. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1989, Ken practiced corporate law at major law firms in New York and Geneva, Switzerland.